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Learning design training

Making your memory work for you

Session plan

• Memory system overview: 20 mins

• Task: 20 mins

• Summary and wrap up: 20 mins

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Encode and retrieve

1. IT’S ALL ABOUT ME (or familiar to me)

2. THE ART OF TEACHING

3. THE SCIENCE OF ENGAGEMENT

IT’S ALL ABOUT ME

Me

Association

Associations

• Auditory

• Semantic e.g. Stories

• Visual

• Most powerful when they relate to familiar or self

THE ART OF TEACHING

First and last

Surprise me

Chunking, compression

SMART

Context

Art of teaching

• Intros and summaries matter• Association esp visuals and stories • Surprise!!• Chunking / compression • Context

THE SCIENCE OF ENGAGEMENT

Organise it yourself

Mental Effort!

Practice makes perfect

ENGAGMENT

• I construct my understanding

• More challenge = more recall

• Practice makes perfect!!

TASK

Task

• Read the research statements, take time to digest, answer the questions (10 mins)

• Share your experiences (10 mins)

SUMMARY

Memorable learningME TEACH ME I ENGAGE

Memorable learningME TEACH ME I ENGAGE

Relates to me or is familiar to me

Meaningful visuals, stories Give me control

Clear, well chunked Allow me to construct my own understanding

Shock or surprises Challenge and cognitively engage me

Contextualise appropriately

Offer regular and spaced practice

Good intros and summaries

Homework

• Create a mind map of today’s session

Professional development

• Write an introduction section to the new UfI learning design guidelines

• ‘What an understanding of the memory system can tell us about good learning’